Events in History
- Oct 15 Edison Electric Light Company incorporated
Election of Interest
Oct 17 After serving as the opposition for five years, John A. Macdonald is re-elected as Prime Minister of Canada
- Oct 18 Anti-socialist laws are ratified in Germany
- Oct 18 Edison makes electricity available for household use
Event of Interest
Oct 21 German chancellor Otto von Bismarck delegates end of "Socialism"
Birthdays in History
- Oct 1 Othmar Spann, Austrian economist and sociologist (Geschichtsfilosofie), born in Vienna (d. 1950)
- Oct 2 François Conrad Schlumberger, French physicist, born in Guebwiller, Upper Rhine (d. 1936)
- Oct 12 Karl Buresch, Austrian lawyer and politician, born in Groß-Enzersdorf, Austria (d. 1936)
- Oct 13 Patrick Joseph Hartigan, Australian Roman Catholic priest, born in O'Connell Town, Yass, New South Wales (d. 1952)
- Oct 15 Paul Reynaud, Premier of France (May-June 1940), born in Barcelonette, France (d. 1966)
- Oct 18 James Truslow Adams, historian (Pul-1921, Founding of New England)
- Oct 19 Hermann Claudius, German folk poet (Meister Bertram), born in Langenfelde near Hamburg (d. 1980)
- Oct 25 Nico van Suchtelen, Dutch writer and publisher, born in Amsterdam (d. 1949)
- Oct 29 Alex von Falkenhausen, German general (China, WW II), born in Gut Blumenthal, Province of Silesia, German Empire (d. 1966)
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